Summer Leadership July 16

It’s that time of year to head to the Georgia AAUW Summer Leadership Meeting in Cartersville, GA July 16,  The Cartersville-Bartow Branch is hosting at the Clarence Brown Convention Center right off of the I-75 exit 290. Audrey Salgado with the Leadership Corp will be the guest speaker and facilitator. There is a list [...]

Membership Dues Proposal

Voting Delegates present at the 2011 Georgia AAUW state convention support a motion to provide written 30 day notice to the branches and their members of a proposed $10 increase in AAUW of Georgia state dues, to be effective with dues payable as of July 1, 2011 … for the 2011-2012 AAUW year.

National dues [...]

Successful State Convention

Carrie Smith, President Marlene Humphry, Evelyn Merk

Twelve Houston-Peach branch members attended the state convention held in Warner Robins. Laurie Shaw, HP member was installed as Co-President of AAUW Georgia. She has been serving as the Vice President for Membership. She will serve with Debbie Karvey for the next year.

Patricia Ho, AAUW [...]

Registration Open

The registration form is now available for the state convention April 1- 2 at the Fairfield Inn in Warner Robins. Send Registration form with a check make payable to AAUW of Georgia in the amount of $52.00, or Registration and separate meal cost, if necessary, to: Marlene Humphry, President, Houston-Peach Branch, 141 Majestic Oak Circle, [...]

Eleanor Granum Award Nominations

Eleanor Granum is our founding president of the branch and is recognized every year with an award named in her honor. The nomination form is available under the Eleanor Granum tab on the menu. Marty Scarborough, Chair of the Eleanor Granum Committee, asks that all nominations be submitted by April 1, 2011.

Social Media in March

Ann MacKay's Facebook Page

Have you heard about Facebook and Twitter? If Facebook was a country it would be the third largest in the world. Social media will be the topic for the March 8 meeting of Houston Peach AAUW. Ann MacKay, branch member and social media user, will talk about the benefits [...]

GRITS will be served…

The branch equity project starts at Kay Road Elementary in Byron, GA in March. Girls Reading It Together in School or GRITS is a four week after school reading program. Fifth grade girls meet weekly to read aloud a book, discuss it and have fun while doing it. This year Marlene Humphry will be [...]

Tina Simms, Poet

Kristina Simms

The February 8 program will feature a poetry reading by Kristina (Tina) Simms. A native Georgian, Simms is a retired educator and social service worker. She has published numerous articles, poems, non-fiction books Wild and woolly Georgia, 1870-1899, Macon: Georgia’s Central City: and Illustrated History, A Year at the Lake; poetry chapbooks Southern Maps, Window Seat, Anytown Parade; and her newest [...]

Colonel Morgan

Colonel Brynn Morgan

Colonel Brynn Morgan captivated us last month with her description of what life is like as an American officer female in a war zone as well as what life is like for the female natives.

Colonel Morgan is the Staff Judge Advocate, Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins Air [...]

Christmas Party

It will be a full house at Jane Winston’s home for our catered meal and festivities. This year we are invited to share our talents for the entertainment portion of the evening. The photographer has been assigned so those not attending can see how the evening unfolded. The members of the Warner Robins Branch [...]